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The government today said it has sought views of various stakeholders on the proposed bill to amend the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act 2002, aimed at introducing transparent and effective mineral auction rules in offshore areas.

Over two decades after it was conceptualised, the first unit of a 60 MW power plant in Mizorambegan generating electricity this week -- making it the third power-surplus state in northeastern India after Sikkim and Tripura.

Santosh Sharma has taken over as the new chairman and managing director of Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL), with effect from September 1, 2017. He replaces K D Diwan who retired from service on August 31, 20017.

After the Delhi electricity regulator failed to hike energy charges for the third year in sucession, distribution companies (discoms) in the national capital on Friday strongly pitched for tariff revision, saying most other Indian states have raised power rates in the last few years.

India has cut down its carbon footprint substantially with the help of technology in fossil fuel plants and rapid transition to renewables apart from improved forest cover, environment secretary Ajay Narayan Jha said.

More than 50 percent more patients were admitted and almost twice the number of babies were delivered in a month in solar-powered primary health centres (PHCs) in Chhattisgarh, compared to those without a solar system

French oil and gas company Total SA plans to invest in expanding LPG infrastructure in India, including boosting storage capacity, import terminals and distribution network, its CEO Patrick Pouyanne said today.

LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) price on Friday was increased over Rs 7 per cylinder. With this, the orders of government are being followed which states the price of cooking gas should be increased per month so that subsidies would be hammered down by this fiscal-end.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released 1 million barrels of crude oil from the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to avoid rising gasoline prices, as hurricane Harvey has shut down over 20 per cent of refinery capacity.

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) – one of the apex bodies in India to rate and certify a system as a ‘green’ system – has certified Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) a ‘green metro rail system’, awarding platinum certificate to all its eight Metro stations on the ‘priority corridor’ from Transport Nagar to Charbagh due for inauguration on September 5.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today met Brune Poirson, French Minister of State attached to the Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, and discussed with her, various ways to increase cooperation in the Railway sector

Paint the trains yellow, have a fire extinguisher on every train, ensure high-visibility clothing for employees and provide 4-hour weekly maintenance blocks on all main lines, these are some of the suggestions a World Bank report has made to the railways to ensu